Anthony Muhammad & Sharroky Hollie THE WILL TO LEAD, THE SKILL TO TEACH—Transforming Schools at Every Level
After reading The Will
to Lead, the Skill to Teach by Anthony Muhammad & Sharroky Hollie, I
was surprised how much I heard these words in the day-to-day language of
education. The author’s defined these terms as follows:
“Will is the
belief that all children can learn and perform academically.”
“Skill is the use of responsive instruction that is the
practical key to ensuring that students learn at high levels.”
Skill being the more popular of the two words, and often is
used both referencing the skills students are taught and the skills students
are learning. As we continue on our growth mindset journey, what we are finding
is they don’t always align. What is necessarily taught, is not automatically what students are learning. This circles us around to “Will”, which is exactly the point of
this book.
As educators we must be our students biggest advocates in
believing and ensuring all students will
learn and grow and be the amazing people we know they can be. Every staff member is a leader in this
crusade, but in order to transforms schools the journey must be guided by a
strong leader. This leader leads by communicating the why of the work with
data, in a learning community that collaborates, providing targeted
professional development to support the skills
needed for “responsive instruction,” with an accountability framework for teaching
and learning.
“Educators must have the will to lead and the skills to
teach” (p. 5) in a learning culture that values effective teaching and learning
to meet the needs of all students.
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